Funding search · EIN 396084238 · Milwaukee, WI

Dorothy Inbusch Foundation

Name: Dorothy Inbusch Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

152
grants reported: $686,130
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater5 grants · $115,750
Milwaukee Public Museum4 grants · $80,000
American Red Cross6 grants · $50,530
Next Act Theatre4 grants · $27,500
Friends of Schlitz Audubon Nature Center2 grants · $26,400
Milwaukee County Historical Society4 grants · $22,237
Urban Ecology Center5 grants · $19,202
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $17,835
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra2 grants · $13,200
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center1 grant · $11,700

Giving over time

$166,922

2022

$156,117

2023

$153,679

2024

$209,412

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 152 grants.

$50,000
Milwaukee Repertory Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Milwaukee flood donation
$30,000
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Wonders campaign
$30,000
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Historic haymarket campaign
$20,000
Milwaukee Repertory Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
2022 pledge of 60,000
$20,000
Milwaukee Repertory Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Capital campaign, education program support
$20,000
Milwaukee Repertory Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Capital campaign, education program support
$14,200
Friends of Schlitz Audubon Nature Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Event, decembird challenge campaign
$12,200
Friends of Schlitz Audubon Nature Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Event, operating support
$11,700
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Event
$10,530
American Red Cross · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Disaster relief, support
$10,000
American Red Cross · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Milw flood disaster relief
$10,000
American Red Cross · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
La fires contribution
$10,000
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Funding for fy26 educational program
$10,000
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Yearly pledge
$10,000
American Red Cross · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Support
$9,050
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Event, music programs
$7,500
Next Act Theatre · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operating expenses
$7,500
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
2024-25 arts in community education
$7,500
Next Act Theatre · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating support
$7,500
Next Act Theatre · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program season
$7,000
Milwaukee County Historical Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Hands-on history educational program
$6,640
Milwaukee County Historical Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Charity event, mission support
$6,597
Milwaukee County Historical Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Event, youth education initiatives
$6,500
Schlitz Audubon Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Banquet sponsorship
$6,240
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Event/project
$6,000
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Community p'ship program & concert s
$6,000
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center Frie · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Support across all program areas
$5,750
Milwaukee Repertory Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Event
$5,712
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Event/project
$5,000
Abcd Inc (After Breast Cancer Dia · Glendale, WI · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Create Wisconsin (Small Arts & Cult · Madison, WI · 2025
Operation support
$5,000
Journey House · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin in · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Sponsor classes
$5,000
Uwm Foundation Inc Pre-Approved · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Graduate school application waiver f
$5,000
American Red Cross · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Hurricane helene disaster relief
$5,000
American Red Cross · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Pledge
$5,000
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin in · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Embody sexuality and health educatio
$5,000
River Revitalization Foundation in · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Emerging conservation professionals
$5,000
Kinship Mke (Kinship Comunity Food Center) · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating support
$5,000
Next Act Theatre · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating support
$5,000
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Health education
$5,000
Uwm Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Graduate student application waiver fund
$4,335
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Event
$4,240
Milwaukee Youth Symphony · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Event
$4,150
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Event
$4,000
Historic Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$4,000
Versiti Blood Research Institute Fo · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating support
$4,000
La Musica Lirica · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Sponsorship, opera program
$3,720
Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museu · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Event
$3,720
Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Event
$3,500
Mptv Milwaukee Public Television · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Funding for arts page program
$3,500
Centro Legal · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Domestic abuse program
$3,500
River Revitalization Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Riverine-tern summer internship
$3,000
Boerner Botanical Gardens Friends · Hales Corners, WI · 2025
Children's plant science & environme
$3,000
Historic Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operational funding
$3,000
Kinship Mke · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operating expenses
$3,000
League of Women Voters of Milwaukee · West Allis, WI · 2025
Civic education, advocacy et al
$3,000
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Support upcoming season
$3,000
Milwaukee Parks Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Seeds & sprouts programming
$3,000
Rides & Reins · Slinger, WI · 2025
Equine therapy program
$3,000
Securefutures Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operational costs
$3,000
Skylight Music Theatre Corp · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Support for current production seaso
$3,000
Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museu · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Centennial capital campaign
$3,000
Wuwm Milwaukee Public Radio · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Environmental reporting initiative
$3,000
Boerner Botanical Gardens Friends · Hales Corners, WI · 2024
Children's plant science & environm
$3,000
Ex Fabula · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Brace spaces for young people
$3,000
Hear Wisconsin · West Allis, WI · 2024
Program support
$3,000
Occupaws Guide Dog Association · Madison, WI · 2024
Guide dog placement
$3,000
Rides & Reins · Slinger, WI · 2024
Equine therapy program
$3,000
Rotary Club of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Campaign to raise funds for new b-li
$3,000
Securefutures Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$3,000
STEM Forward · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
2024-25 metro milwaukee stem program
$3,000
Abcd After Breast Cancer Diagnosis · Glendale, WI · 2023
Mission support
$3,000
Gift of Adoption Fund · Techny, IL · 2023
Adoption assistance for milwaukee families
$3,000
STEM Forward · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
2023-24 metro milwaukee stem education outreach
$3,000
Uwm Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Graduate school application waiver fund
$3,000
Versiti Blood Research Institute · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Blood disease and cancer research
$3,000
Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens · Hales Corners, WI · 2022
K-12 plant science education programs
$3,000
River Revitalization Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Turtle park improvement projects
$3,000
STEM Forward · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
2022-23 metro milwaukee stem education outreach
$3,000
Wisconsin Humane Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Youth camp scholarship program
$2,500
Cathedral Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Emergency center for women & childre
$2,500
Gift of Adoption Fund · Techny, IL · 2025
Adoption assistance for milwaukee fa
$2,500
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Community partnership program
$2,500
Cathedral Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating support
$2,500
Gift of Adoption Fund · Techny, IL · 2024
Adoption assistance for milwaukee fa
$2,500
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
2024-25 arts in community education
$2,500
Able Audio & Braille Literacy · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Progrm support
$2,500
Florentine Opera Company · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Opera in the schools program
$2,500
Milwaukee Parks Foundation · Wauwatosa, WI · 2023
Save our parks seeds & sprouts programming
$2,500
Pabst Mansion · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Sharing history and arts
$2,500
Secure Futures Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$2,500
Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund · Madison, WI · 2022
2022 annual campaign
$2,000
Center for Deaf-Blind Persons · West Allis, WI · 2025
Icanconnect program & outreach progr
$2,000
Ex Fabula · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Support youth affinity storytelling
$2,000
Optimist Theatre · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operational support
$2,000
Professional Fire Fighters of Wi Ch · Madison, WI · 2025
Summer camp for burn injured youth
$2,000
Renaissance Theaterworks · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Funding for accessibility initiative
$2,000
United Community Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operating costs

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